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Yes. He had a kid with horrible health problems and did not play in 2023.

As with many occupations, the former is directly related to the latter.

He yeah looks like a whole other kid in the second pic.

Luis Robert was a teen when signed.

He looks like he is 13! He is signing for $2 million and last we knew officially we had like $1.8 million left in this class without the DR signings, that probably means a lot more of this years money is gone but not announced yet. Otherwise it would make sense to take a bit less money this year to get to playing organized baseball again, versus sitting out a whole other year for another 200-300k.

They sure didn't think that around these parts.

There is a lot of stuff that isn't "right". You and I are better off than the vast majority of the country. Does that stop us from taking advantage of the system to get every single tax deduction and penny at work we can bring in? It sure doesn't stop me.

This happens everywhere in the US every single day, people just don't pay attention to it.

THEN HOW CAN YOU MAKE DEFINATIVE STATEMENTS ABOUT HIS FUTURE

But you just admitted you haven't looked at the kid or his skills, well other than his height.

These two paragraphs couldn't be more contradictory. I was hoping you had something like exit velocities or some video work you were doing to back up those absoluteist statements. It really takes away from what you are saying when your methodology is so simplistic, yet all knowing.

Are you talking about 2023 when you say playoff aspirations? I mean have billionaire aspirations, but no actual ability to do it.

Based on what? Just his height?

With the Bears already getting a legitimate tax bill in AH, they are already back here sniffing around and being told to work with the Sox. They wanted AH because they thought they wouldn't get a property tax bill. Then they found out they would and the math changed. The didn't get the valuation they wanted (AH came back $100 million higher than their proposal) and they also got hit at 25% occupied rate, instead of 10% vacant.

This year is very much about what happens at the levels below Chicago this year.

What did you see for Mogollon that makes you so much more pessimistic vs FutureSox and everyone else?

Chicago has 3 appointees, as does the governor. The Gov does get to appoint the chairman, but only at the consent of the Mayor of Chicago.

If anyone feels we need a new banner, please feel free to go to work on one.

Again, we all know there are more teams around the NFL that need good QBs than have them. Someone will pay up to give Fields a chance in their system. The PR game is just that, a game.

Panicking like a coward isn't a good GM look.

No, they thought they were going to get some huge break to move out of the city, that didn't happen, so now they are doubling back to the lakefront if they can get a better deal.

The upside may well be is that they don't get ISFA money to move out of Chicago as a significant portion of that board is appointed by the Mayor of Chicago.

What's wild is he actually gained velocity after leaving us, and then fell back to Chicago levels in Cleveland.

Oh damn. I wonder if that is why he fell apart last year?